Improvement in sand or emery paper



UNITED STATESPATEN'I' OFFICE.

GEORGE CARPENTER TAFI, OF WORCESTER, MASS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDAUGUSTUS BALL DAVIS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAND OR EMERY PAPER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 1] 1,700, datedFebruary 7 1871.

I, GEORGE CARPENTER TAFT, of Worcester, county of Worcester, State ofMassachusetts, have inventedan Improved Sand or Emery Paper orEmery-Cloth, of whicl1 tl1e following is a specification:

Nature and Object of the Invention.

My invention consists of sand or emery paper, or emery-cloth, renderedadhesive at the back, as described hereinafter, for ready attachment toa strip of wood or other object, the sand or emery paper thus preparedconstituting an article of commerce which will enable artisans topractice economy in the use of these indispensable materials.

General Description.

'ished. In both cases the paper or cloth is rapidly worn away or torn,and the surface removed, owing to the looseness of the wrapping. Iafford a remedy for this rapid destruction of the sand or emery paper bycoating the back with gum, glue, mucilage, or other equivalent cement,in the same manner as postage and other stamps are treated, the sheetsthus coated being sold as articles of commerce, so that a strip cut froma sheet is in a condition for immediate attachment to wood or othermaterial, simply Wetting the gummed back of the strip and applying it tothe wood under a slight pressure being all that is necessary to effectthe required adhesion.

Sand or emery paper or cloth will last much longer when cemented to astrip of wood or other like object, than when it is wrapped loosely tothe same. My invention, therefore, afi'ords the readiest means ofeffecting the desired attachment, and of exercising economy in the useof the material.

Claim.

Anew article of m anufacture and commerce, consisting of sand or emerypaper or emerycloth, rendered adhesive at the back, as set forth. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence oi two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. C. 'lAFT.

WVitnesses WM. A. STEEL, F. B. RICHARDS.

